Chromebooks 101: A Guide for Which Chromebook to buy?

Is your school looking at Chromebooks? Unsure which one to buy? Although there might seem like a lot to choose from, there are infinitely fewer than if you were looking to buy a new Windows laptop. This guide takes a quick tour of the current lineup and gives some pros and cons for each in order to help you decide which Chromebook to buy. Prices listed do not include the $30 management console fee, which is in addition to the retail price and is charged per device for schools who want to manage their Chromebooks from a secure online Dashboard.

So, there you have it. Every Chromebook with a list of my own personal pros and cons. If you want to pour over the stats in more detail, you can also check out Google’s side by side comparison chart of Chromebooks for Education. You will notice the Pixel is not included in this list, and neither is the HP, but neither of those devices have yet to be marketed towards the education sector, so this will likely explain their exclusion. Maybe this will change in time, but we will have to wait and see.

Oh, and if you happen to be on the Google Chromebook team, and you need an experienced educator who lives in the cloud to test out the latest Chromebook Pixel, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! 🙂

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